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ARTHUR \V. OOFFIN, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE COFFIN COMBINATION PUNOII AND TICKET COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CONDUCTORS RECORDING-PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,142, dated August 12, 1890.

Application filed November 22,1889. Serial No. 331,239. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. COFFIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, Alameda county, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Conductors Punches; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to the class of conductors punches; and it consists in the novel constructions, combinations, and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efiicient conductors punch capable of carrying within itself a necessary number of tickets and their duplicates, both of which in their simultaneous passage through the machine are similarly marked or punched, one being given to the passenger and the other retained in the machine.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my punch. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of the discharge end. Fig. 4 is a viewof the under side of cap 6. Fig. 5 is a plan of the ticket.

A is the frame or case of the machine,having a bail or loop a, by which it may be readily strapped to the person. At one end of the case is formed a chamber B, which is closed by a hinged cap-plate b. Across the upper part of this chamber is mounted a shaft 0 'and across the lower portion of the chamber is mounted a shaft D, said shafts having at one end intermeshing gears c and d. At the other end of the case is formed a chamber E,

which is closed bya hinged cap 6, through the top of which is made a transverse opening e. In the top of this cap, at a point just forward of the opening, is located the sliding knife F, having a thumb or finger flange f, by which it is operated. This knife has downwardlyprojecting guide-studs f, extending through elongated guide-slots in the cap, and are operated upon by a spring f so that the knife is held normallyback away from the transverse opening, but may be pushed forwardly across said opening when desired. Under the cap and on each side of the transverse opening 6' are flanged plates 6", serving as guide-walls for said opening.

Within the chamber E is mounted transversely the winding-shaft G, having on ts outer end a thumb-wheel g for operatlng 1t.

On the shaft within the casing is a ratchet I and having shanks which pass freely down through the top wall of the casing, theirlower ends carrying a number of needle-points 2, which are arranged to represent the different figures. Springs J encircle the shanks of the punches to hold them normally raised and to return them after being pressed down. The needle-points of the punches play through the top wall of the ticket-passage and traverse t, so that they pass through the tickets within said passage. The arrangement of these punches is in series, as follows: One longitudinal line may represent dollars and be marked from 1 upwardly, as desired. The next line represents dimes, and the next line represents cents, and the head of each punch 18 appropriately marked.

In the forward end of the case is located a pair of feed-rollers K,the lower one of which preferably consists of a rubber friction-roller and the upper one of a metal roller provided with a roughened surface for better engagement with the tickets. These rollers have intermeshing gears at their ends for causing their action in unison. Immediately before these rollers is a directing-plate L. The cap I) of the rear chamber may be held to place temporarily by a suitable latch, as shown at b, and the cap 6 of the forward chamber may be likewise held closed by a catch 6 but in order to lock these chambers, so as to prevent their being tampered with, except by the proper authority, I have a locking-bolt M. Upon one side of the cap 1) is a perforated lug or car 12 recessed or made hollow as shown. This ear fits against a perforated lug a on the side of the casin g, and upon the forward end of the case, on the same side, is located a guide-sleeve (1 which is in line with a nut e on the cap of the forward chamber. The bolt M passes through these several parts, so as to bind and lock them all together. Its outer end is threaded, and it screws into the nut of the forward cap, while its head is seated in the recess of the lug or car b and said head is then covered up completely with sealing-wax seated in the recess of the lug or car, so that the locking-bolt is thereby sealed and cannot be tampered with without detection.

Upon the upper shaft 0, in the rear chamber B,is'wound the roll N of original tickets, said tickets being formed in one continuous strip of suitable material, printed at intervals with the matter suitable for ticketsas, for example, a number, three columns represented and marked as dollars, dimes, and cents, and other matter which may be found necessary. Upon the lower shaft D within said chamber is mounted the duplicate roll 0 of tickets, which may be a plain strip, or, if desired, exactly corresponding to the roll N on the shaft 0. The ends of these two rolls are carried together into and through the ticket-passage H the one upon the other, and they are brought forwardly through between the feed-rollers K at the forward end of the case. Thence the original ticket-strip is directed upwardly through the aperture 6 in the top of the cap e, while the end of the duplicate roller is directed and secured to the shaft G within the chamber E.

The operation of the punch is as follows: It is fully loaded, locked, and ready for use when handed to the conductor. hen he desires to give a ticket, he first punches the proper amount of money received by manipulating the proper punches or markers of the device, so that their needle-points passing across the ticket-chamber H penetrate both the original and duplicate tickets. As soon as this is done he turns the thumb-wheel g of the shaft G forwardly, so as to wind up the duplicate ticket, and this, by reason of its contact with the original ticket, and the two passing through between the pair of feed rollers K, causes the original ticket to move Q forwardly also and gradually emerge from the opening 6 in the cap a. As soon as it is fully emerged the conductor presses forward the sliding-knife plate F across the opening, and thereby cuts off the ticket. The duplicate ticket, however, is not cut off at all, but is simply wound upon the shaft G. Now, for the next ticket, the conductor punches it as before, and thenonce more turns the shaft G, so that the duplicate strip is continued to be wound upon the shaft, while the original ticket-strip is again projected and cut off by the sliding-knife plate. Thuswhen the conductor delivers up his punch to the auditors office, it will be found from the roll of duplicate tickets on the shaft G the exact amount and character of the tickets which he has disposed of to the passengers.

It is not essential that the duplicate roll shall have any printed matter upon it at all. It may be a plain strip of any suitable material; but for convenience I have referred to it as a duplicate roll of tickets.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A conductors punch consisting of a casing having at one end a chamber, a hinged cap-plate for closing said chamber, a shaft 0 in the upper part of said chamber and a second shaft D in the lower part thereof, and intermeshing gears atone end of the said shafts, a second chamber at the opposite end of the casing closed by a hinged cap 6, provided with a transverse opening 6', complementary punching mechanism and stripholding rolls within the casing between the two end chambers, awinding-shaft within the second chamber having a thumb-wheel for winding the duplicate strip on said shaft, a sliding knife or cutter operating across the transverse opening 6 to sever the ticket, and a pawl and a ratchet mechanism for the winding-shaft, substantially as herein described.

2. An improved conductors punch consisting of a casing having a chamber at each end, said chambers each having a hinged capplate for closing them, the geared shafts C and D within one of said chambers and containing the original and duplicate strip, respectively, a single winding-shaft in the op posite chamber for receiving the duplicate sheet, a thumb-wheel on said shaft for operating it, complementary punching mechanism, two holding-rolls in advance of the winding-shafts for holding the strips, a sliding cutter mounted in the cap 6, which has an opening through which the original strip passes, and a mechanism, as described, for locking the hinged plates, whereby the punch is sealed,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

S. H. NoURsE, H. 0. LEE.

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